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On Monday, Trump was absent from the cable airwaves. He issued a short statement: “I want to personally congratulate President Obama and the men women of the Armed Forces for a job very well done. … We should spend the next several days not debating party politics, but in remembrance of those who lost their lives on 9/11 and those fighting for our freedom. God Bless America.”

Trump adviser Michael Cohen said Trump wanted to “enjoy the moment” and take a step back from politics.

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“He feels very strongly that over the days to come, he’s not intending on discussing party politics, but rather really believes this is a great time for those of us who lost family, friends and loved ones on 9/11 to reflect on what it means to be an American and to really honor those men and women who are fighting for our freedom on a daily basis,” Cohen said.

Ally Roger Stone, meanwhile, predicted Trump will eventually reemerge at the center of the 2012 race.

“As long as the economy is in the toilet, gas prices are headed to $6 a gallon and Washington is spending and taxing like it is, I certainly think a Trump candidacy is relevant,” Stone said. “The original premise of his candidacy — a businessman who can get things done and get the country moving again — hasn’t changed.”

Trump, Stone noted, is practically the only potential Republican candidate arguing for a quick withdrawal from Afghanistan, along with Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. He predicted Obama would get a only a brief bump from the bin Laden news, along the lines of one felt by former President George H.W. Bush, who lost reelection in 1992 despite overwhelming public approval of the 1991 Gulf War.

“We didn’t win the war in Afghanistan, we merely caught Osama bin Laden,” Stone said. “That doesn’t mean the war is going well, nor does it revive the national economy. It’s a blip. The president’s poll numbers will go up and then they’ll come right back down.”

But others predict that now that the novelty of the Trump-for-president act has worn off, there will no longer be room for him in the political dialogue.

“Donald Trump was the equivalent of shark attacks and Chandra Levy in the summer before 9/11. He was a curiosity. He was outrageous,” said Frank Sesno, the former CNN Washington bureau chief who directs the school of media and public affairs at The George Washington University.

“Suddenly, reality sinks in, and he’s back where he belongs, which is on the margins.”

The moneyed buffoon time in the glare of the spotlight has come to a timely end. What a monumental contrast in class and leadership between President Obama and The Donald...duck. Regretfully, the good old GOP will still have to carry Mr. Trump and his putrid racist baggage to a contested primary.

In parting, wish Mr. Trump the ability to retrieve his acerbic tongue from the recesses of his backside. Have a nice cup of tea.

A guy like Trump doesn't go down that easy......People will have to fill their cars before the week is over and Obama will be right back behind the eight ball. Trump didn't get where he is by being lazy, stupid, or a quitter. Forget Trump for a minute, old guard Republicans and Dems are still trying to figure out the tea party! They just don't get it. Now go back to your name calling........

2) Admit he lied about having a team of investigators in Hawaii, looking into Obama's birth certificate who "could not believe what they were finding." Care to elaborate on this "unbelievable findings" Mr. Trump???

3) Admit that he lied about about his Draft number never coming up. He simply dodged the draft by LYING his way out of it like a coward.

4) Explain to the American people how one has to file BANKRUPTCY 4 TIMES on a CASINO! It's a freakin CASINO for crying out loud! How in the hell does a CASINO go broke????

5) Admit that his hairdo is inspried by the 80's rock band, "A Flock of Seagulls."

If Trump cannot seriously answer all these questions, than there's nothing more we can do with the fat, loud-mouth, vindictive, stupid bigot! Next!

2) Admit he lied about having a team of investigators in Hawaii, looking into Obama's birth certificate who "could not believe what they were finding." Care to elaborate on this "unbelievable findings" Mr. Trump???

3) Admit that he lied about about his Draft number never coming up. He simply dodged the draft by LYING his way out of it like a coward.

4) Explain to the American people how one has to file BANKRUPTCY 4 TIMES on a CASINO! It's a freakin CASINO for crying out loud! How in the hell does a CASINO go broke????

5) Admit that his hairdo is inspried by the 80's rock band, "A Flock of Seagulls."

If Trump cannot seriously answer all these questions, than there's nothing more we can do with the fat, loud-mouth, vindictive, stupid bigot! Next!

2) Admit he lied about having a team of investigators in Hawaii, looking into Obama's birth certificate who "could not believe what they were finding." Care to elaborate on this "unbelievable findings" Mr. Trump???

3) Admit that he lied about about his Draft number never coming up. He simply dodged the draft by LYING his way out of it like a coward.

4) Explain to the American people how one has to file BANKRUPTCY 4 TIMES on a CASINO! It's a freakin CASINO for crying out loud! How in the hell does a CASINO go broke????

5) Admit that his hairdo is inspried by the 80's rock band, "A Flock of Seagulls."

If Trump cannot seriously answer all these questions, than there's nothing more we can do with the fat, loud-mouth, vindictive, stupid bigot! Next!

2) Admit he lied about having a team of investigators in Hawaii, looking into Obama's birth certificate who "could not believe what they were finding." Care to elaborate on this "unbelievable findings" Mr. Trump??? EXCUSE ME

3) Admit that he lied about about his Draft number never coming up. He simply dodged the draft by LYING his way out of it like a coward. EXCUSE ME

4) Explain to the American people how one has to file BANKRUPTCY 4 TIMES on a CASINO! It's a freakin CASINO for crying out loud! How in the hell does a CASINO go broke???? EXCUSE ME

5) Admit that his hairdo is inspried by the 80's rock band, "A Flock of Seagulls." EXCUSE ME

If Trump cannot seriously answer all these questions, than there's nothing more we can do with the fat, loud-mouth, vindictive, stupid bigot! Next! EXCUSE ME

I have been affiliated with the Republican Party for most of the past forty years and although I admit to the occasional bout with disaffection relative to the GOP, it remains a far better standard bearer for my political philosophy than do the alternatives. However, I will forever forsake Republicanism if the Party should happen to choose "The Donald" (Trump) as its nominee for President.

Donald Trump is, in a word, "egomaniacal." As such he represents both an embarrassment and a danger to to the American political process. Being in charge of "Celebrity Apprentice" and , of course, his personal real estate holdings, should be about the extent of the authority and responsibility to which he is entrusted by the American people.

If anything, those who respect Donald lost even more for obama! Those who watch Celebrity Apprentice see the pettiness in obama interrupting the show, bin Laden was dead for a week already, obama could have waited half an hour longer. obama's ratings can go with bin Laden, right to the bottom of the sea for all I care! Praise go to the SEALS, not to obama who continues to send aid to Pakistan!